Canva - Future Graphic Designers Club: Creating in Canva (Ongoing) - 1X Weekly (Ages 8-13)

In this interactive ongoing class, learners will have the opportunity to explore, create, and receive teacher support and coaching for a variety of design options in the Canva graphic design program. Canva has become an essential program for designing professional-looking presentations, posters, logos, greeting cards, short videos, infographics, and more! This club will build learner proficiency in graphic design skills including effective arrangement of text, images, lines, and shapes; and choosing fonts, colors, photos, and clip art that suit the style and purpose of a design.

During each class session, learners will have the opportunity to work on a Canva task/project from a choice board provided by the teacher. (Some of these activities can be completed in one class session, while others might require time over a few weeks.) These projects/tasks will guide learners through exploring important features of the Canva program in context, and allow them to showcase their personal interests.

Week 1 / Topic 1:  POSTERS & INFOGRAPHICS  1st Week of the Month
Week 2 / Topic 2: PRESENTATIONS & VIDEO - 2nd Week of the Month
Week 3 / Topic 3: GREETING CARDS - 3rd Week of the Month
Week 4 / Topic 4: LOGOS - 4th Week of the Month

Learners are encouraged to freely explore the various options in the Canva menu when creating projects during class and figure out how the options can be used in their designs. The teacher serves as a coach and guide for learners by demonstrating various design techniques and menu options, troubleshooting learner projects, and helping learners develop ideas through questions and conversation. Time will also be provided at the end of each class session for learners to share their work with classmates, if they wish.

**WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?:
- Students with previous Canva design experience who want to develop their skills and learn more about graphic design
- Students with no Canva experience (or very little) who want to learn the basics and continue designing each week

**REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Able to use a computer mouse/trackpad and type on a keyboard comfortably
- Able to write complete sentences fluently
- Able to toggle between tabs and windows on their computer and open links from the Zoom chat and/or Outschool classroom

**TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS:
- A laptop or desktop computer is REQUIRED for this class. (No tablets, please!)
- A parent-supervised Canva account is REQUIRED for this class. This can be a) an account created specifically for the learner under parent supervision and monitoring or b) the parent's Canva account that the child is allowed to use for this class. (**NOTE: Email addresses are required when registering for Canva, so a parent/guardian MUST assist the learner in creating the account to approve the email address used.)
- Canva is a FREE online program, but does offer a paid PRO version. Either the Free or Pro versions are suitable for this class.

**CLASS SESSION AGENDA:
- Greetings and check-in with each learner on what they plan to work on
- Learners work on choice board projects. The teacher takes turns with each learner to offer guidance and support (about 25 minutes)
- Share current work with classmates (about 10 minutes)

**POSSIBLE CHOICE BOARD PROJECTS (Note: This list below does not include every project/task that may be available on the actual choice board. It is meant to give a preview of the types of activities you can expect to see. The full list of choices is subject to change over time.)

POSTERS & INFOGRAPHICS:
- Design a collage showing images and text about a topic that interests you
- Create an advertisement poster for a product, service, movie, show, book, etc. that you enjoy
- Make a chart listing your favorite movies, TV shows, books, YouTube channels, video games (or other similar media topics). Write the names in one column, important characters in another column, and description in another column. Insert images (optional).
- Research a topic that interests you. Create an infographics with 2-3 short paragraphs about this topic and insert images.
- Write an acrostic poem (or any other type of poem) and decorate the page with images and other design elements
PRESENTATIONS & VIDEO:
- Research a topic that interests you. Create a slideshow displaying information and images about the topic.
- Create a digital picture book for children.
- Create a digital album/scrapbook about an important event in your life
- Design animated scenes with image backgrounds
- For any of the presentation options above, use Canva’s video option to add animations, time your slides to play at a certain pace, and include music
GREETING CARDS:
- Design a birthday card for a friend or family member
- If near a holiday (ex: Christmas, New Year, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, 4th of July, Halloween, etc.), design a card for a friend or family member related to the holiday
LOGOS:
- Design a logo for yourself that displays important aspects of your personality and interests
- Pretend you own a business and design a logo that would illustrate the purpose of the business